re: Pictures from days gone by....

The girls rifle team of George Washington University at the Lincoln Memorial, the ideal spot to commemorate using a gun (February 2, 1927)

can look at your pix all day...

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Actress Gets Second Try

By Vernon Scott
January 27th, 1966.

Hollywood — The opportunity of a young actress’ lifetime has befallen a fragile blonde beauty who co-starred in her first movie with David Niven and now must do it all over again.

She is Sharon Tate, 23, who spent three months filming “13” in London and France after which Kim Novak who also starred, injured her back and was unable to continue. Producer Martin Ransohoff was forced to start from scratch with Deborah Kerr replacing the ailing Miss Novak.

Miss Tate now is in the the process of doing all her scenes for the second time, allowing her to correct the mistakes and awkward moments from the first time around.

“I’m really lucky,” she said on a brief trip to Hollywood. “The first time my attention and concentration was easily diverted. I was distracted by the mechanics of the camera and the moves I had to make. Now I’m much more at ease. I’ve been taking voice lessons and I have more confidence in myself. The most important thing is working with Deborah Kerr. I learn something new everyday just by watching her perform and Mr. Niven goes out of his way to make me feel comfortable.”

Few screen performers in history have been able to run through the same role twice, and when it happens the actor has the advantage of having seen himself in the first version. Not so with Miss Tate…

“I haven’t seen a single foot of the first film. I don’t want to because I’m sure it would make me self-conscious. But there’s no question in my mind that doing the film a second time would improve my performance 100 percent. What’s more, is that they’ve even enlarged my role."

"I still can’t believe all this is happening to me. It seems like a dream,” she said.

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My Great Grandfather and Great Grandmother with their family around 1910. My grandfather is in the pic. My Great Grandmother's father Frank (my great great grandfather) was in the 10th Arkansas Calvary for the Confederacy.




This is the same Great grandfather and Family again somewhere around 1945 after my great grandmother had passed. See how the kids have grown and notice the car in the background.




and this is the same house that was in both pictures and where they all were born.. It is still standing today, but just barely. Notice the dinner bell to call all the kids in for supper.




This is my Great Grandmother Nancy and my Great Great Grandfather Frank. Frank was with the 10th Arkansas Calvary of the Confederacy. This picture was taken around 1921. Frank would have been around 76 by this time and Nancy (My Great Grandmother) would be about 46.





This is my Grandfathers school photo. Approx 1920 My grandfather is the one to the right with the dark eyes and the ears.




This is a crop of my Grandmother school picture. That is her in the middle of the boys. The date on this one is around 1921. She was born on a houseboat on the Arkansas River. This house boat was so big that they would load their livestock on it and float down the river to greener pastures.





This is My Uncle and my Father. around 1940. My Father is the little one.





And lastly This was my Grandfather and my Dad.. The two to the right... And the house that I say that I grew up in.. My Dad is in the hat and I am guessing his age here to be about 12 or 13 so that would put this picture at about 1951. Notice the chicken in the yard and if you look at the bed of the truck you can see the Chicken house which stood until just last year. The Truck is a '47 - '51 Model Chevy.




Hope that you enjoyed this post.. I may do another about more family members, but they fought for the union.

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Awesome pics. Thanks for sharing.

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No.. Thank You.